College Baseball: Franklin Pierce stays alive in East Regional; Penmen rained out

Starting pitcher Zach Hart allowed four hits, striking out eight, as Franklin Pierce University topped Le Moyne, 6-2, in a losers’ bracket game in the NCAA Championship East Regional on Saturday night in Pleasantville, N.Y.

The Ravens broke things open in the fifth on an Adam Chase two-run double, followed by a John Friday RBI triple.

Franklin Pierce, the tournament’s No. 5 seed, now faces top seed and host New Haven on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Finnerty Field in a losers’ bracket contest.

The winner of that game will play again at 7 p.m. against the loser of Sunday’s first game, which features second-seeded St. Thomas Aquinas and fourth-seeded Southern New Hampshire.

Penmen postponed

SNHU’s NCAA East Regional winners’ bracket semifinal game against St. Thomas Aquinas, initially scheduled for Saturday night was postponed by rain.